L.R.D. v. State

L.R.D., Jr., a minor, appeals an order adjudicating him delinquent of possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana. We affirm because the trial court properly denied L.R.D.’s motion to suppress.

Police officers took L.R.D. into custody because they believed he was truant. In addition, the officers checked a truancy center’s computer records and found that L.R.D. was listed as a truant. In searching L.R.D. in preparation for taking him to a truancy center, the officers found marijuana in L.R.D.’s pocket. Contrary to the computer records, it appears that in fact L.R.D.’s absence from school was…